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New Bridge to Boost
Cross-Border Development

By

Maura Webber Sadovi

Updated July 11, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

Many middle and upper-class Mexican shoppers are already in the habit of making cross-border trips to the malls and discount stores in the McAllen, Texas, region. Lured by the promise of lower prices and greater selection than they can get at home, they pick up laptops, loafers and other items.

Now the start of construction last month on an additional bridge designed to ease congestion across the Texas-Mexico border and the Rio Grande...